JEFFERSON COUNTY, Alabama - A Jefferson County woman is charged with domestic violence and assault after authorities say she bit her estranged husband's private parts and stabbed him with scissors.

Charges were filed this week, after the Saturday incident, authorities said today. Tiffany Ronita McGregory, 28, of Wylam, has already been released from jail after posting $45,000 bond.

Jefferson County sheriff's Chief Deputy Randy Christian gave this account: Deputies were called to a home about 10 a.m. in the 500 block of Utica Place in McDonald's Chapel on a report of burglary and domestic violence.

The 29-year-old victim, whose name wasn't released, told deputies he and his wife are separated pending a divorce. He has moved back into his mother's home until the divorce is final.

About 9:30 a.m., he was asleep with his girlfriend. His wife entered the home through the basement door and went into the bedroom, where she started hitting and slapping the victim as he slept.

She then picked up a pair of scissors and began to stab him in the back and arm. Her husband wrestled the scissors away from her, and she then bit him in the groin area.

The victim's brother heard the commotion, went into the bedroom and ordered McGregory to leave, which she did. Paramedics and deputies responded to the home. McGregory went home, and also called the sheriff's office to file a complaint against her husband.

She admitted to the assault, and was charged with domestic violence, second-degree assault and second-degree burglary.

The victim was taken to the hospital for treatment of his stab wounds and injuries to his private parts.

"If I were him, I would step very lightly and politely around her," Christian said. "That 'hell hath no fury' saying rings pretty true."

Story updated at 10:18 a.m. to revise the spelling of the suspect's name based on new information from the sheriff's office